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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

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A guide to Chicago: America’s third-largest city and your neighbor at Northwestern

August 12, 2022

Northwestern’s campus sits next to the country’s third-largest city, known to many as “the Windy City:” Chicago. Living and learning next to Chicago is a great opportunity for students to engage...

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Theme Park Engineering and Design Group enters two ride design competitions, wins one

April 19, 2022

McCormick sophomore Jasmin Ali-Diaz spent April 9 running back and forth between two rooms in the Ford Center. She and her teams were virtually presenting their theme park ride designs in two separate...

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The Daily’s guide to Family Weekend 2021

November 4, 2021

It seems like just yesterday families swarmed Deering Meadow to bid new Wildcats farewell for the 2021-22 academic year. But seven weeks on the quarter system rush by in the blink of an eye, and Family...

Plastic pollution in an Illinois waterway. With millions of pounds of plastic entering Lake Michigan annually, conservationists are pushing for changes at all levels to address the problem.

Lake Michigan plastic pollution poses ecological and social threats

January 28, 2021

As advocates push for clarity within Evanston’s Climate Action and Resilience Plan, local researchers and advocates are raising alarm about the growing social and ecological effects of plastic pollution...

Chicago has 77 “community areas,” each made up of several neighborhoods. Very broadly, the city is divided into the North Side, the South Side and the West Side. The Northwestern Evanston Campus is bordering the far North Side of Chicago, specifically the community area Rogers Park.

Chicago: Your starter pack to living, studying and working next to the country’s third-largest city

August 16, 2020

The refrain from graduating seniors is common: too much time spent in the Northwestern bubble, too little time spent in the vast, vibrant and diverse city right next door. But students can and should...

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